Honolulu Travel Blogs

I arrived early for my dinner reservation so I took the opportunity to walk down Kuhio Avenue and take some photos. Kuhio is one block away from Waikiki Beach, thus the hotels are not as expensive as the hotels that are on the oceanfront. You will find smaller hotels running up and down Kuhio ave…

Last week I noticed that a TravBuddy from Ukraine, Alyona (TravBuddy - Alyonushka), was going to visit Honolulu.  Her profile mentioned that she was traveling alone.  I thought it would be nice to be the Ambassador of Aloha again and make myself available for visitor orientation.  Sh…

I decided to take a trip to Phoenix and visit my dad for his birthday. As long as I was going to Phoenix, why not have a TravBuddy meet-up!! I got in touch with Harriet (africancrab) and she began to organize the meet-up. The roster of attendees began to grow. This was going to be a fairly larg…

Today I would be leaving the hot Honolulu sun and heading off to the cool Canadian Rocky Mountains. I was looking forward to a little break from the heat and humidity but at the same time, I was hoping it wouldn't be too chilly. The Banff meetup organizers, Roselle (row-zzzzz) and Dan (dancr), we…

My friend is the road manager for a rock band called The Fray.  The band was playing a show in Honolulu, and my friend asked if I needed any tickets.  Sure!!  All I had to do was pick them up at the box office prior to the concert.  The show was being held at the Waikiki Shell which is an outdo…

I have not been to a carnival nor a fair in a long while.  The last time I went to one was probably in 2004, which was the Punahou Carnival.  This year, I went to the 50th State Fair twice.  The first time I went was last minute on Father's Day.  The second time I went to the fa…

Since this is a blog about Oahu and Hawaii, it would not be complete without a little history of the islands. This weekend was the celebration of Hawaii's first King. King Kamehameha or Kamehameha the Great conquered the islands and established the Kingdon of Hawaii in 1810. Legend says that the f…

Driving up to the trailhead is already nice and scenic.  There are lookout points on Tantalus Drive and the best view of Honolulu is from Pu`u Ualaka`a State Park which is along Round Top Drive.  Certain parts on Tantalus Drive looks a bit creepy as well... but maybe it's because many loc…

Julie (TravBuddy - Pinchora) was in Honolulu visiting a friend.  They wanted to go to a luau.  Going to a luau isn't something that I do on a regular basis, so I thought it would be fun to tag along.  The Waikiki Beach hotels luaus are held on weekdays - we wanted a Sunday luau. …

Independence Day fireworks at Foster Point on Hickam AFB, Hawaii.  This was our last fireworks while we lived in Hawaii.  One year the base Services hired the local Hawaiian band, Ka`au Crater Boys to play on July 4th which was a great treat since we really enjoy their music and have seve…

The title is a bit of a fib. I had been to Hooters Restaurants before. My first one was the original Denver location on Colorado Blvd, some time in the early 1990s. My buddy, Dennis, took me to the first one in another state, in San Diego. We chatted up our waitress about g…

It was time to visit Chicago again.  My old roommate was having a college reunion party and he throws great parties.  There was no way I was going to miss it.  I made my plane reservations and like a good TravBuddy, I updated my profile page with my Chicago travel dates.  A Trav…

Yoh all, I am writing this from Waikiki Beach. Aloha. Mahalo.I arrived into Honolulu airport yesterday, Apr 27th 2009 at around 6:10pm. Day before I was in communication with Keith, AlohaKeith (TB) and asked him for directions to Waikiki Beach Hostel. So, I left New york at 11am, arrived into San F…

things I'm going to do... Dole Plantation and ride the Pineapple Express Waikiki Hawaiian Food Tour Pearl Harbor China Town for Chinese New Year Shop for a Bathing Suit Go to the Beach Snorkeling The world is my Oyster! Meet up with some Travbuddies Get Bubble Tea

So if you know me, you know there are 3 things I REALLY don't like in life.  1)  Bugs, especially the roaches in Hawaii 2) Heights 3) Falling...and not necessarily in that order. When the boys said they planned on go cliff jumping, I figured I'd go along for the ride.  Matt had frie…